sufficient

英 [s?'f??(?)nt] 美[s?'f??nt]

反義詞

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副詞:?sufficiently;

sufficient 足夠的，充分的

suffice,使足夠，足以，-ent,形容詞后綴。

sufficient: sufficient: [14] Sufficient originated as the present participle of Latin sufficere ‘be enough’ (source also of English suffice [14]). This was a compound verb formed from the prefix sub- ‘under’ and facere ‘do, make’ (source of English fact, factory, etc). It originally meant literally ‘put under’, and the notion of ‘enough’ evolved via ‘cause to take the place of’.
=> fact, factory, fashion
sufficient (adj.): early 14c., from Old French soficient "satisfactory," or directly from Latin sufficientem (nominative sufficiens) "adequate," present participle of sufficere "to supply as a substitute" (see suffice).

1. The money to build the power station ought to have been sufficient.: 建設電站的資金本該足夠了。

2. Cheap goods are available, but not in sufficient quantities to satisfy demand.: 有一些廉價的商品，但是數量不足以滿足需求。

3. I'vebeen dragged back from Australia for no sufficient reason.: 沒有充分的理由，我就從澳大利亞被硬叫了回來。

4. A 40 watt bulb would be quite sufficient and would not obtrude.: 40瓦的燈泡完全夠亮了，并且不會晃眼。

5. Another flight would be arranged on Saturday if sufficient demand arose.: 如果需求量足夠大，周六將再安排一趟航班。